Album cover / photo by Laura Lewis
NEW COMPILATION ‘WHEN I’M WITH YOU’ IS OUT NOW – LISTEN HERE
FEATURING THE BRAND NEW SONG ‘PASSENGER’S SIDE’ AND THE
CURRENT SINGLE ‘I NEED TO FEEL YOU CLOSER’ – WATCH THE VIDEO HERE
‘THE SUBWAYS FOR ETERNITY’ UK AND EUROPEAN TOUR STARTS THIS MONTH
They’ve played 1000+ shows across 40 countries, performed in ‘RocknRolla’ and ‘The OC’, and soundtracked a Kate Moss campaign for Rimmel, but there’s plenty more to come in the story of The Subways. Today the trio celebrate everything they have achieved and look ahead to what comes next as they release the new compilation ‘When I’m With You’.
Structured like a setlist, ‘When I’m With You’ hits with maximal ferocity from the outset as the call-and-response garage-rock thrills of early favourite ‘Oh Yeah’ bound into the bouncy big riffs of 2023’s ‘Black Wax’. What follows is a breathless adventure from the band’s biggest, crowdpleasing moments from the pop-punk blast of ‘Taking All The Blame’ into the sun-kissed melodic grunge of ‘Kalifornia’ through to ‘I Want To Hear What You’ve Got To Say’ from their debut album, and the darker-hued alt-rock fire of ‘You Kill My Cool’. It ends – where else? – with the full-throttle loud/quiet/loud dynamics of ‘Rock & Roll Queen’.
Producers across the album include Butch Vig (Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’), Stephen Street (The Smiths, Blur) and Ian Broudie (The Lightning Seeds).
Billy Lunn says, “‘When I’m With You’ represents 20 years of recorded music we’ve put out into the world – and indeed 20 years of touring the world. We adore playing live and connecting with our fans that way, so we thought it appropriate to frame this collection as if it were a set list. All the studio recordings of our live favourites contained in one album. We’re so excited to be sharing it with everybody. And we’re even more excited about what the next 20 years may hold!”
Charlotte Cooper adds, “We wanted to celebrate the milestone of 20 years of the band for ourselves, but also our very loyal fan base. We have had some incredible times and adventures on the road, playing shows all over the world, which is why we used the inspiration of a set list to choose the track listing. We hope you love reminiscing with us as you listen to the songs you know and also enjoy the 2 new tracks, which show where we’re going next. We very much hope this marks the midpoint of our career – we are far from done. We can’t wait to have a proper party on tour!”
‘When I’m With You’ also introduces a second brand new song ‘Passenger’s Side’, which joins the recently released ‘I Need To Feel You Closer’. ‘Passenger’s Side’ is a song that captures both angles of The Subways’ evolution. On one hand, it’s powered by the runaway enthusiasm and guitar-driven melodics that they’ve owned since the very beginning. But lyrically it’s a song that can only come from lived experience, as it addresses the anxieties and uncertainties that come when you realise a relationship has hit the end of the road.
Billy explains, “Following a breakup, the fragmented memories of the simple things are the ones that tend to emerge and repeat in your mind as you’re reeling. Conversations about nothing in particular, the touch of a hand, a song playing in the background. Amidst the collapse of all the promises made, those were the moments that stuck with me, and I had to write about them in a song.”
Physical formats of ‘When I’m With You’ are available HERE, including white-and-black marble double-vinyl, transparent red double-vinyl and CD. The band’s official store offers a signed insert with all album bundles.
The Subways celebrate the release of ‘When I’m With You’ by heading out on an intimate record store tour today, with limited album / ticket bundles available HERE. Their full ‘The Subways For Eternity’ tour then follows at the end of the month with extensive runs in the UK and Germany alongside shows in another eight countries. Remaining tickets for the headline tour are available HERE.
OCTOBER
17th – Kingston, Banquet
18th – Brighton, Resident
19th – London, Rough Trade East
20th – Liverpool, Jacaranda
21st – Nottingham, Rough Trade
23rd – Leeds, Crash
24th – Oxford, Truck
25th – Southampton, Vinilo
29th – Germany, Stuttgart, Im Wizemann Studio
30th – Germany, Dortmund, FZW Club
NOVEMBER
5th – Bristol, O2 Academy
6th – Birmingham, O2 Institute
7th – Newcastle, The Grove
8th – Hull, Welly
13th – Manchester, Band On The Wall
14th – Glasgow, King Tuts (SOLD OUT)
15th – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
19th – Norwich, Waterfront
20th – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms (LOW TICKETS)
21st – London, Electric Ballroom
23rd – France, Paris, La Maroquinerie (SOLD OUT)
24th – Germany, Cologne Bürgerhaus Stollwerck
25th – Netherlands, Amsterdam Melkweg Oz
26th – Belgium, Leuven, Het Depot
28th – Germany, Hamburg, Markthalle (SOLD OUT)
29th – Germany, Berlin, Hole44 (SOLD OUT)
30th – Germany, Dresden, Beatpol
DECEMBER
2nd – Czech Republic, Prague, Lucerna Music Bar
3rd – Hungary, Budapest, Dürer Kert
5th – Austria, Vienna, Flex (LOW TICKETS)
6th – Germany, Munich, Technikum (LOW TICKETS)
8th – Italy, Milan, Magnolia
9th – Switzerland, Zurich, Exil (LOW TICKETS)
10th – Germany, Karlsruhe, Substage
12th – Germany, Nurnberg, Hirsch
13th – Germany, Osnabruck, Rosenhof
14th – Germany, Frankfurt, Batschkapp
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